Word: seldom
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Downward mobility" seldom occurs voluntarily now nationwide. A "subliminal panic" shot through the middle classes after Kent State, and again when thermostats dropped and gas lines formed in the early morning darkness; today many students are unapologetically out for themselves alone. Especially telling are the rise of guru- and pseudo-liberation fads in the wake of the earlier protest's defeat, and of "decadence" at schools like Yale, where leaves of absence are at an all-time low; they signal most vividly a spiralling-off of individuals into private worlds within a corporate universe...
...seldom smiled, never allowed his guests to smoke, and in 28 years as moderator of NBC's Meet the Press turned the Q. and A. into a branch of the martial arts. Even so, when Lawrence Spivak, 75, faced his final guest, President Ford, and went on to a party in his honor last week, some 250 politicians and former panelists came by to bid farewell. Among those on hand...
...odds were against a Crimson victory last week (Las Vegas seldom takes class into account when making the betting line), Harvard's performance should not have shocked those who were fortunate enough to have a seat at last year's titanic Soldier's Field confrontation between the Crimson and an unbeaten, united, and almost unscored-upon team from Yale...
...transfer of power in a dictatorship is seldom smooth. Yet it is probable that Juan Carlos' authority will not be challenged immediately. "Although many people in the opposition will not accept him because of his close association with Franco," observed Centrist Politician Marcelino Oreja, "most Spaniards want to give him a chance." No one knows for certain, however, whether Juan Carlos has the courage to break with the "bunker"-the group of hardline rightists who were Franco's most loyal backers and can be expected to oppose any realistic political reforms...
Until now, too, the pirates have had little fear of being caught, or being penalized much if they were. The basic U.S. copyright law was drafted in 1909 to protect the printed word and was seldom enforced against electronic banditry. Federal law makes it only a misdemeanor to sell stolen films unless they are sent across state lines or abroad and the shipment is worth more than $5,000; so pirates found it profitable to keep selling pilfered films and treat as nuisance taxes the small fines that might result...